World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ASIA: Victory in Burma

The road to China was again open. The
land blockade of China was pierced; now there was once more an overland
route from India (see map). In the northern Burma Theater, Wanting
finally fell and 10,000 ragged Japanese were driven back down the road
to Lashio. Soldiers from China pushed on to join hands with soldiers
from India.

Trucks were already moving supplies from the Ledo railhead over "Pick's
Pike" to Myitkyina. The first convoy got through to Tengyueh in China
via "Chiang's Lane," the narrow alternate roadway 50,000 coolies had
hacked...